topic Re: Velomobile fairing - shell in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Velomobile fairing - shell

Anonymous — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 23:02:38 GMT

Hi,

Is there a way to create ribs / in Fusion 360. I am planning on building a Velomobile using moldless composite sandwich construction and I am trying to figure out how to create the ribs from the design and then cut them to use fiberglass for the fairing. Something like in the link below.

http://thetinkersworkshop.blogspot.com/2013/09/terratrike-velomobile-framework-on.html

http://thetinkersworkshop.blogspot.com/2013/08/terratrike-velomobile-fiber-glassing.html

I have tried Slice for fusion 360 but it does not give me the results expected. Any help is appreciated.

Re: Velomobile fairing - shell

lichtzeichenanlage — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:14:56 GMT

Can you File -> Export and share your design? Otherwise only generic answers like this are possible.

1) Offset planes

Create off set planes along the center line of your design
Create a sketch on each
In each sketch call Project -> Intersect
Create a Plane on each projected path
Create a sketch on the plane
Create a profile for the rib in the sketch
Swipe a profile along the projected path

2) Play around with Ribs and Webs. This might work (depends on your desgin)

3) Pattern and boundary fill

Re: Velomobile fairing - shell

Anonymous — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 14:53:45 GMT

Thanks I tested the offset planes options and it worked.